The production is great but I think Kendrick’s performances and subject matter are what carry the album

Metacritic 100/100

Yeah. Because this is all you get. Outside of his music you don’t really get a clear picture at all of what he’s like because he’s so reclusive.

There’s scarcity that breeds interest, and interest holds attention.

LINK?

Bro shutup!

32 Zel has Ultimate, that's like the defining denzel curry song though

Denzel shouldn’t feel bad. He dropped a great album. One of the best so far this year. Kendrick is just in his own stratosphere.

Pitchfork 10 incoming

this is unfathomable to me lol, the lyrics are clearly the focal point

Nah I need kendrick on neck and wrist asap

yeah im wrong 100%

Mr Morale
Ramona Park Broke My Heart
No Fear of Time
SICK!

the top tier of this year in rap so far imo

Always liked them on the early tde projects

production and lyrics feel like they're in lock and step though

Who has a better in house producer group than tde dude

Same exact list.

Which side folks itt feeling more?

u going back to Sick like that?

Yeah, the production is great but it’s definitely not the selling point of this album.

If he had given us just hype songs without substance over these exact same instrumentals, I don’t think people would like it half as much

I 👏 should’ve 👏 found 👏 a 👏 bigger 👏 d*** 👏

Silent Hill hook sounds so Carti inspired

Yeah, exactly. Lowkey this is the same reason that people like Carti's music also goes so far. These dudes have 0 social media presence except for popping up at random times for weird posts then disappearing again for months. If Carti was on IG & Twitter every single day people wouldn't have found Red nearly as interesting. That's not an insult either, I like that album. But people underestimate just how much artist perception affects music reception.

not too much but it still holds up when I do

40's hair plugs would like a word